We are seeking an experienced Tech Lead Manager/Engineering Manager to grow out and lead a forward-deployed team of Machine learning engineers who will be building applications for a graphically intensive simulation platform. This role will serve as the central facilitator for platform director requests for engineers with technical expertise. Key Responsibilities • Stakeholder Management: Steward the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of the platform-deployed machine learning applications. • Cross-Functional Coordination: Act as the primary point of contact between the customers and ML engineers, translating technical requirements from different gaming-adjacent domains to Machine Learning. • Product Prioritization: Exhibit strong judgement in when to deploy off-the-shelf commercial solutions, customize open-source solutions, or initiate greenfield applied science research projects based on product needs. Qualifications • Proven experience as a Tech Lead/Engineering Manager in a customer facing AI/ML team with a consulting mindset. • Prior experience in industries with complex multi-disciplinary teams such as robotics, smart grids, precision agriculture, game development or aerospace. • Prior experience having a team of around 10 direct reports, establishing ways of working, and developing them to be high performing. • High attention to detail and conscientiousness. • Ability to translate customer requests and turn them into actionable technical requirement documents in collaboration with ML engineers. • Fluency with the entire machine learning lifecycle, including infrastructure for data, training and deployment. • Background with visual computing, and game engines and real-time 3D rendering is preferred. • Familiarity with Python, Git, PyTorch and the Unix shell is preferred. • Familiarity with collaborative tools such as Jira/Confluence, Slack, a Git server, an experiment tracking framework, a data dashboard. Nice to have: • Experience with Adaptive or Lean methodologies. • Agile or Scrum certifications. • Familiarity with AWS and ETL orchestration. • Graduate degree in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Data Science/Visual Computing or other related field. This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $245,000-$270,000 (bonus eligible).